CoRoT-4 (formerly known as CoRoT-Exo-4
) is a yellow-white dwarf
main-sequence star in the
constellation
A constellation is an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms Asterism (astronomy), a perceived pattern or outline, typically representing an animal, mythological subject, or inanimate object.
The origins of the e ...
Monoceros
Monoceros (Greek: Μονόκερως, "unicorn") is a faint constellation on the celestial equator. Its definition is attributed to the 17th-century Dutch cartographer Petrus Plancius. It is bordered by Orion to the west, Gemini to the north, ...
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Planetary system
The star is orbited by one known
extrasolar planet, designated
CoRoT-4b
CoRoT-4b (formerly known as CoRoT-Exo-4b) is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star CoRoT-4. It is probably in synchronous orbit with stellar rotation. It was discovered by the French CoRoT mission in 2008.
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. It was catalogued as part of the
CoRoT mission to find transiting planets, when a planet was spotted using the
transit method.
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List of extrasolar planets
These are lists of exoplanets. Most of these were discovered by the Kepler space telescope. There are an additional 2,054 potential exoplanets from Kepler's first mission yet to be confirmed, as well as 978 from its " Second Light" mission and ...
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Monoceros
F-type main-sequence stars
Planetary transit variables
Planetary systems with one confirmed planet